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Chapter 2 - The Palearctic Realm

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 February 2023

Matthew Richardson
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The Palearctic Realm, as here defined, is divided into three zoogeographic regions (Eurasian, Saharo-Arabian, and Sino-Himalayan) that together comprise all the Old World terrestrial areas as far south as northern Africa, the Middle East, the mountains of Central Asia, and into southern China and the islands of Japan.

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Threatened and Recently Extinct Vertebrates of the World
A Biogeographic Approach
 , pp. 6 - 91
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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  • The Palearctic Realm
  • Matthew Richardson
  • Book: Threatened and Recently Extinct Vertebrates of the World
  • Online publication: 24 February 2023
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108863308.004
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  • The Palearctic Realm
  • Matthew Richardson
  • Book: Threatened and Recently Extinct Vertebrates of the World
  • Online publication: 24 February 2023
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108863308.004
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  • The Palearctic Realm
  • Matthew Richardson
  • Book: Threatened and Recently Extinct Vertebrates of the World
  • Online publication: 24 February 2023
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108863308.004
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